As the CTO of a rapidly growing startup, I'm constantly juggling priorities. We need to move fast, innovate, and keep our customers happy. But we also need to make sure our systems are resilient and our data is safe. That's where RTO and RPO come into play. RTO: How Long Can We Be Down? RTO stands for Recovery Time Objective. It's the maximum amount of time we can afford to have our systems offline before it starts to seriously impact our business. For a startup, downtime can